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Burning Man Seeks a Higher Profile as Black Rock City Cultivates the Metropolitan Idealnew

Maybe Burning Man can't save the world, but its leaders and participants are increasingly focused on using the models and principles involved with building and dismantling Black Rock City in the Nevada desert every year to help renew and restore urbanism in the 21st century.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Steven T. Jones  |  09-16-2009  |  Culture

Burning Man: Torching the American Dreamnew

Welcome to Hell. Population, You: Among the many and varied effects of Burning Man upon national culture is that it vindicates a long-cherished, if little-expressed, American desire to drive to another planet.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Ron Garmon  |  09-05-2008  |  Culture

Burning Man Festival Leaves Afterburnnew

For deviant bingo promoter Lawrence Phipps, the arts festival held in the Nevada desert has become a dangerous lifestyle obsession.
Westword  |  Laura Bond  |  05-18-2005  |  Art

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